Countif on a row of data

DGS

Is it possible to count the number of full or blank cells in a ranges of cells, on a single row and have the result in a cell on the row?

I've tried countif and Smartsheet wants to use the full row (@row) that leads to circular referencing.

DGS

As if by magic, it now works?

I ended up using SUM( aaa:bbb) that worked, and then changing SUM to COUNTIF and adding the criteria e.g. COUNTIF(AAA:BBB, ="")

DGS

As if by magic, it now works?

I ended up using SUM( aaa:bbb) that worked, and then changing SUM to COUNTIF and adding the criteria e.g. COUNTIF(AAA:BBB, ="")